Crooked Lessons from the Indian Wars

Anna Simons

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2013, vol. 36, issue 8, 685-697

Abstract: One aim of this article is to chide the U.S. military—and Americans overall—for not paying sufficient attention to our historic relations with American Indians. After all, American Indians are the non-Westerners we Americans should know best. A review of American Indian history can shed important light on our current encounters with tribal peoples elsewhere. At the same time, however, great care needs to be taken. Instead of just citing similarities—as analogies lead us to do—we must also take note of differences, which we can best do by using history as a foil.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2013.802977

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